Black Lives Matter: Why forming 'diversity' committees with Black staff, who have no expertise in D&I or Anti-Racism, is tokenising. | LinkedIn
Black people are experts in their lived experience of racism.That does not automatically mean Black people are experts in Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) or Anti-Racism.
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Having a corridor chat with a random member of staff who happens to be Black to pick their brains about D&I and Anti-Racism policy is not strategic. It's tokenism. And tokenism is a byproduct of racism.